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Journey, Walking Dead and Far Cry 3 dominate in refreshed awards format, which includes Best British Game for the first time

Journey: up for eight awards at this year’s Bafta Video Game event

It looks like US developer Thatgamecompany is going to have to clear some more space in its already bulging trophy cabinet – the studio’s poetic adventure title Journey is nominated in eight categories at this year’s British Academy Games Awards. Amid the 17 categories, survival horror hit Walking Dead and open-world shooter, Far Cry 3 have also received a lot of attention.

For the first time, the event, which takes place in London on 5 March, will include a Best British game category. It’s a mix of indie titles and console big-hitters, with two racing stars, Need For Speed: Most Wanted and Forza Horizon, slugging it out against experimental oddity Dear Esther and compelling puzzler, The Room. 2012 was clearly a good year for UK indie talent with Mike Bithell’s Thomas Was Alone, Ed Key’s Proteus and Dene Carter’s Incoboto also making it into several categories. Scottish team 4J Studios is also in there for its fantastic conversion of Minecraft to the Xbox 360.

Elsewhere, action epics Mass Effect 3, Halo 4 and Far Cry 3 are battling it out on a range of fronts spanning Best Story, Best Actions Game and Best Game. The latter lines up Dishonored, Far Cry 3, Fifa 13, Journey, Mass Effect 3 and The Walking Dead.

Once again, the awards also feature the Ones to Watch category, which recognises student developers from the Dare to Be Digital development competition. This year’s competitors, Pixel Story, Project Thanatos and Starcrossed all show great potential.

Game Design

Borderlands 2
Development Team
Gearbox/2K GamesDishonored
Development Team
Arkane Studios/Bethesda SoftworksFar Cry 3
Patrick Methè, Jamie Keen
Ubisoft Montreal/UbisoftJourney
Development Team
That Game Company/Sony Computer Entertainment EuropeThe Walking Dead
Development Team
Telltale Games/TelltaleXCOM: Enemy Unknown
Development Team
Firaxis/2K Games

Strategy

Dark Souls: Prepare To Die
Development Team
From Software/Namco Bandai GamesDiablo III
Development Team
Blizzard Entertainment/Blizzard EntertainmentFootball Manager 2013
Development Team
Sports Interactive/SEGAGreat Big War Game
David Moss, Steve Venezia, Paul Johnson
Rubicon Development/Rubican DevelopmentTotal War Shogun 2: Fall of the Samurai
Development Team
The Creative Assembly/SEGAXCOM: Enemy Unknown
Development Team
Firaxis/2K Games